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This book will take the place of "Biology of Seagrasses: a treatise on the biology of seagrasses with special reference to the Australsian region", which was published by Elsevier in 1989 and was co-editied by AWD Larkum AJ MaCComb and SA Shepherd. The first book did very well gaining good sales and a good citation index, but it is now 25 years since it was published and seagrass studies have progressed and developed considerably since then. The design of the current book will follow largely in the step s of the first book. There will be chapters on taxonomy, floral biology, biogeography and regional study. The regional studies will emphasise the importance of Australia having over half of the world's 62 species, including some ten species published for Australia since the previous book. There will be a number of chapters on ecological issues including the decision of Australian seagrasses into tropical and temperate species and their interactions, Fishereis and dugong biology will be given an important presence. Physiological aspects will again be an important part, including new knowledge on the role of hydrogen sulphide in sediments and on photosynthetic processes. Pollution and environmental degradation will again form an important part of the book. The decline of seagrasses around Australia will be dealt with in detail. Since the first book was published two new areas which will receive special attention are blue carbon and genomic studies. Seagrasses are now known to be a very important player in the formation of blue carbon, i.e. carbon that has a long turnover time in soils and sediments. Alongside salt marshes and mangroves, segarasses are now known to paly a vey important role in the formation of blue carbon. And because Australia has such an abundance and variety of segrasses, their role in blue carbon production and turnover is of great importance. The first whole genomes of seagrasses are now being produced and Australia has played an important role here. It appears that seagrasses have several different suites of genes as compared with othe (land) lants and even in omparion with freshwater hydrophytes. This difference is leading to important molecular biological studies where the new knowledge will be important to the understanding and conservtaion of seagrass ecosystems in Australia. Therefore this area will be given prominence in the book. Thus by reason of its natural abundance of diverse seagrasses and a sophisticated seagrass research community it will possible to produce a book that will focus on the seagrasses of this one continent but be attractive to marine biologists, coastal scientists and conservationists from many countries around the world.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Life sciences: general issues

• Plný název: Seagrasses of Australia
• Podnázev: Structure, Ecology and Conservation
• Autor: Anthony Larkum, Gary A. Kendrick, Peter Ralph
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 797
• EAN: 9783319713526
• ISBN: 3319713523
• ID: 18346303
• Nakladatelství: Springer International Publishing AG
• Hmotnost: 1376 g
• Rozměry: 235 × 155 × 47 mm
• Datum vydání: 11. August 2018

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